Margolis: Scott appeals to his base with Conte refuge stance

Gov. Phil Scott speaks at a press conference Wednesday. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger.orgEditor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political colummnist.No surprise that Gov. Phil Scott wrote he was “very apprehensive about the federal government acquiring additional land for the Silvio O. Conte Wildlife Refuge” in the Northeast Kingdom.
Nor that his administration immediately made clear that this apprehension, expressed in a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, sho